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Lloyd Doggett: “And your testimony this morning is if we continue to pursue that course of only cutting spending with no additional…”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
And your testimony this morning is if we continue to pursue that course of only cutting spending with no additional revenues, we will have to substantially reduce Medicare and Social Security, will we not?
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett emphasizes the risks to Medicare and Social Security from spending cuts without new revenues.

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